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LVMH 2015
—
Chairman’s message
LVMH THRIVES ON CREATION, ON TALENTED MEN AND WOMEN AND
ON THEIR DESIRE FOR EXCELLENCE. OPENNESS TO OTHERS, TO THE WORLD
AND ALL ITS CULTURES HAS ENABLED OUR MAISONS TO GROW AND,
IN SOME CASES, SPAN CENTURIES. MOVING FORWARD DOES NOT MEAN
FORGETTING. AT THE SCALE OF OUR BUSINESS, AT EACH STAGE OF ITS
DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN
HERITAGE, EMBODYING THE ROBUST VALUES WE SHARE WITH
OUR CUSTOMERS, SUPPLIERS AND SHAREHOLDERS. IN FRANCE
AND WORLDWIDE, THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 125,000 OF US,
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF 2015. BUT HAPPY AS WE ARE WITH THE GROUP’S EXCELLENT RESULTS,
THE VIOLENCE OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS PERPETRATED
IN PARIS AND OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAS BEEN SEARED
INTO OUR MEMORIES.
Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil, LVMH made
progress in 2015, achieving yet another record year thanks to the energy and
responsiveness of our teams, the power of our brands, and the creativity and
vision of excellence cultivated at every level of our Group. In a mixed global
environment, with some of our Maisons exposed to adverse cyclical changes,
particularly in Asia, all of our business groups contributed to revenue growth and
all, without exception, signifi cantly improved their results. Hennessy turned in a
strong performance, with the number of cases shipped topping the six million
mark, Louis Vuitton maintained its uninterrupted growth, Fendi and Bvlgari
forged further ahead, Parfums Christian Dior won new market share, Sephora
reinforced its leading position as it continues brilliantly to invent the beauty
experience of tomorrow… These are just a few of the accomplishments that can
make our employees proud.
A NEW BEDROCK
2015 also marks the fi rst year anniversary of Fondation Louis Vuitton, an expression
of our passion for art, culture and freedom that also embodies, in the magnif-
icent building by Frank Gehry, our desire and our long-term commitment to make
contemporary creative work accessible to a vast audience. Beyond even the
AFFIRMING OUR VALUES
AND OUR VISION FOR THE GROUP
—